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Harrow

England · London — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

327
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
199
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
66
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
62
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Harrow ranks #97 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 12.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 261,203 usual residents counted in 2021). Its contingency accommodation includes no recorded hotel places. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

403030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 38630 Sep 2023 — 40331 Dec 2023 — 26131 Mar 2024 — 29730 Jun 2024 — 27630 Sep 2024 — 25431 Dec 2024 — 28431 Mar 2025 — 34930 Jun 2025 — 34430 Sep 2025 — 34831 Dec 2025 — 35631 Mar 2026 — 327
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Harrow, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 15% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

261,203
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
51.1%
born outside the UK (133,591)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
5.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (13,994)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Harrow has received 8 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 (none in the last four published quarters).

four quarters to 2026 Q1, and cumulative since 2014 · source

Ranked nearby

Support counts are a point-in-time snapshot by registered address; contingency sites open and close between quarters. Census figures are from March 2021 and predate arrivals since. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

Data as of

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